cracking you open

by Angela Arnold

would need...what?
 
absolute tigertimes, real and total
and burning?
 
mock shots at midday, broad daylight
stunning?
 
a taste of blood in your porridge?
 
a thousand thoughtsworth of silence
in a standing wave
 
that, simply, your heart can't, won't,
argue away?
 
what?
 
salt on the tip of your soul?

Angela Arnold (she/her) lives in North Wales, UK, and is also an artist and a creative gardener. Her poems have appeared in print magazines, anthologies and online, in the UK and elsewhere. Her collection In|Between looks at ‘inner landscapes’ and relationships (Stairwell Books, 2023). She enjoys her synaesthesia and language/s and is currently learning Welsh.